Mail settings disappeared after removing RBL's

i removed one of my RBL's and saved settings. i closed that page and went on about changing certs for ispconfig admin panel. i have since returned to the mail setting section and there are no settings. just a notice

[INFO] php (cli) version is 7.0.7-4
[INFO] php-cgi (used for cgi php in default vhost!) is version 5.6.24-0+deb8u1

##### PORT CHECK #####

[WARN] Port 8080 (ISPConfig) seems NOT to be listening
[WARN] Port 22 (SSH server) seems NOT to be listening

##### MAIL SERVER CHECK #####

##### RUNNING SERVER PROCESSES #####

[INFO] I found the following web server(s):
Nginx (PID 3367)
[INFO] I found the following mail server(s):
Postfix (PID 1886)
[INFO] I found the following pop3 server(s):
Dovecot (PID 946)
[INFO] I found the following imap server(s):
Unknown process (init) (PID 1)
[INFO] I found the following ftp server(s):
PureFTP (PID 1815)

1) Make a backup of the dbispconfig database, e.g. with phpmyadmin.
2) take a look at the folder /var/backup/, there you should find a backup of ispconfig that was made during update to 3.1.2. If this update was from 3.1 or 3.1.1 to 3.1.2, then the data structure of the server config is compatible. The backup contains a sql file. Open that file with an editor and search for the insert line that inserts the record into the "server" table. Copy this line. Then delete the record in the server table of your current dbispconfig database and finally run the insert statement that you copied in phpmyadmin to insert the server config from the backup.

yes all the settings on the mail tab of system > server config show correctly now. i also did change a password on one of the mailboxes. that is how i discovered that i had a problem to begin with. but would changing a password of one mailbox cause problem for all other mailboxes?

i have since deleted the domain and all settings of the acccount i have changed the mailbox password on, if that makes sense. it was at the start of a new project so not a big deal to start over with.